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this is not the obama administration. these are the non partisan professionals of the congressional budget office. that's why it is really for to replace these very deep and immediate cuts with a longer-term plan to both target cuts, for example, excessive ag subsidies. those are cuts. we should also eliminate the tax breaks, whether it is for big oil companies or for folks that are making a lot of money and taking a huge advantage of special interest deductions. if you combine cuts to programs in a targeted way over time with the elimination of the tax expenditures, tax preferences, you can achieve the same amount of long-term deficit reduction without disrupting the economy and causing the loss of jobs. that's what we propose. >> we were showing the -- white house examples because they give the state by state breakdown what they say will happen. for maryland, that analysis by the white house says you would lose $14.4 million in education funding. 200 teachers at risk. 46,000 civilians would be furloughed who worked for
this is not the obama administration. these are the non partisan professionals of the congressional budget office. that's why it is really for to replace these very deep and immediate cuts with a longer-term plan to both target cuts, for example, excessive ag subsidies. those are cuts. we should also eliminate the tax breaks, whether it is for big oil companies or for folks that are making a lot of money and taking a huge advantage of special interest deductions. if you combine cuts to programs...
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right now we have a system where the rich and powerful, those with connections to the obama administration, they get spared some of the burdens of obama care. but those who were struggling, single moms and young people and people who are just trying to make it. >> you're a proponent of the law, millions are getting access to health care they couldn't otherwise afford. parents with children, others with conditions getting in the way of insurance. i spoke to a hospital administrator this week in illinois saying utilization is down, you can't know what the effect of five years from now is on this law. and nor can proponents of the law. but here is one argument, you've made yours, and the president, when he spoke this week, referred to your words. i want to play a portion, suggesting what you really don't want is the law to go forward because people may start to like it, is what he said. >> he said it is going to prove almost impossible to undo obama care, ñrright? so in other words, we've got to shut this thing down before people find out that they like it. >> you don't think americans will
right now we have a system where the rich and powerful, those with connections to the obama administration, they get spared some of the burdens of obama care. but those who were struggling, single moms and young people and people who are just trying to make it. >> you're a proponent of the law, millions are getting access to health care they couldn't otherwise afford. parents with children, others with conditions getting in the way of insurance. i spoke to a hospital administrator this...
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he was white house press secretary for the obama administration. he is now an msnbc contributor, and hopefully not regretting it yet. >> not yet. i'll tell you in a few minutes. >> all right. well, why were you told that you can't talk about it? why were you told you can't acknowledge the existence of the program? >> well, part of this program is highly classified, highly top secret. and quite frankly, this program has existed for many years. and very few, if any have ever publicly acknowledged that. that started -- that changed a bit last year late april of 2012 when john brennan, who understood probably better than anybody the inherent tension that i spoke about, which is it's not sustainable to have somebody sitting in the front row of the white house briefing room, or any journalist reading in the newspaper about a terrorist that has been killed by a program that when you ask me about it, i don't even talk about the fact that the program is there. >>> he understood there was that inherent unsustainable tension. and that some transparency absolu
he was white house press secretary for the obama administration. he is now an msnbc contributor, and hopefully not regretting it yet. >> not yet. i'll tell you in a few minutes. >> all right. well, why were you told that you can't talk about it? why were you told you can't acknowledge the existence of the program? >> well, part of this program is highly classified, highly top secret. and quite frankly, this program has existed for many years. and very few, if any have ever...
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and ask president obama and the democratic majority leader to stop their court-packing effort. >> ron, john cornyn is an example of the tail wagging the dog. normal circumstances he would be a normal conservative. not a bad guy. normal person trying to do his job in washington leading his party to as many victories as they can get. all well and good. yet he begins to act more like that character sitting with him down there from texas. he begins to imitate like they all do. they all start talking like mike lee and rand paul because they're scared to death one of these will look over and see them and won't have averted their glance. they're afraid of getting any attention, these people. reasonable right winger conservatives, any kind of conservative unless they're out and out tea party types. it's gotten to be the craziest leading everybody else. because fear of being tagged you're not one of us. >> you're right. guys like cornyn get led around by the nose by the worst elements in their party. david had mentioned tip and the gipper before. i got home from a trip overseas to find that bo
and ask president obama and the democratic majority leader to stop their court-packing effort. >> ron, john cornyn is an example of the tail wagging the dog. normal circumstances he would be a normal conservative. not a bad guy. normal person trying to do his job in washington leading his party to as many victories as they can get. all well and good. yet he begins to act more like that character sitting with him down there from texas. he begins to imitate like they all do. they all start...
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is there a little bit of disingenuousness to hammer the obama administration for problems that they clearly wanted to happen and wanted to contribute to? >> well, i don't think the website not being able to sign up six people is a problem with republicans not liking obama care. >> well, it is with 36 states not setting up their own exchanges. >> tens of millions of dollars on a website that doesn't work. it has nothing to do with the tea party patriots. it has to do with incompetency at hhs and a president who is totally aloof, doesn't know what's going on and finds out his news at the same time you and i do. that's the problem. reading speeches written by somebody else, making promises to the american people that they buy into and then only to find out that all of those promises aren't true, that's not on the tea party patriots, that's on the president of the united states. >> reince priebus, always good to see you, thank you. >>> halloween night was wet, windy and dangerous for a lot of folks across the country and it turned deadly in nashville after a 9-year-old boy was killed after stro
is there a little bit of disingenuousness to hammer the obama administration for problems that they clearly wanted to happen and wanted to contribute to? >> well, i don't think the website not being able to sign up six people is a problem with republicans not liking obama care. >> well, it is with 36 states not setting up their own exchanges. >> tens of millions of dollars on a website that doesn't work. it has nothing to do with the tea party patriots. it has to do with...
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key fact number one, the sequester was created by the obama administration. so people are frustrated because you have a set of politicians on both sides unwilling to deal with something they created because it was a way for them to kick the can down the road. secondly, with regard to the hagel nomination, unfortunately, chuck hagel is dealing with his own poor performance as a nominee now. all the way back to your original question. there are many people in the democratic party who don't agree either there are many people in the democratic party who are in disagreement right now on what too do about gun control legislation. on the issue of immigration specifically, i think the reason jo john mccain answered the way did he is because eight senators, four democrats and four republicans, have come together and put together a delicately balanced compromise that will pass. what will fail is either the right in congress or president obama in the white house try and push it too far one way or another to win points. then it's gonna come crashing down. that's, i think
key fact number one, the sequester was created by the obama administration. so people are frustrated because you have a set of politicians on both sides unwilling to deal with something they created because it was a way for them to kick the can down the road. secondly, with regard to the hagel nomination, unfortunately, chuck hagel is dealing with his own poor performance as a nominee now. all the way back to your original question. there are many people in the democratic party who don't agree...
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and that's because the obama administration has decided to not defend that law. the obama administration says they believe that doma is unconstitutional. they will not defend it. it is house republicans specifically who are defending that law in court at the direction of house speaker john boehner, using your tax dollars. this is chief warrant officer charlie morgan. after serving for the better part of two decades, after deploying overseas, after leaving behind her partner and their young daughter for a year while she served in kuwait, chief warrant officer charlie morgan asked for a meeting with speaker john boehner. she told the speaker that she had stage 4 breast cancer, inoperable. she told him that her own father had served in the army and was killed in a car wreck in an accident as he was getting ready for deployment in vietnam when she was just a little kid. officer morgan writing, quote, my mom and i received va and social security benefits as a result of his death. those benefits put a roof over our head, food in our bellies, and clothes on our backs. s
and that's because the obama administration has decided to not defend that law. the obama administration says they believe that doma is unconstitutional. they will not defend it. it is house republicans specifically who are defending that law in court at the direction of house speaker john boehner, using your tax dollars. this is chief warrant officer charlie morgan. after serving for the better part of two decades, after deploying overseas, after leaving behind her partner and their young...
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remember also the sanctions, the economic sanctions of the obama administration and the rest of the world has imposed on iran is what has gotten iran to the point where the ayatollah wants to see if there can be a negotiation. he wants those sanctions lifted. he's going to do everything he can to try to charm the united states into having those sanctions lifted without having to give up his nuclear program. that will be the test. how far are we willing to go in order not to accommodate the ayatollah's desire to see sanctions lifted before we get verification on wiending down their nuclear speech. >> all of this speech was issues related to the middle east. what are some of the other things you heard that you thought were key. >> i think a lot of things. there's a domestic pressure in iran. remember the 2009 election, remember way before that all these protesters that are rejecting not rouhani, they are rejecting the supreme leaders and the hard-core policies that they were applying in iran and elsewhere. they don't want anymore. the people in the streets, 70% are under 30 years old. they
remember also the sanctions, the economic sanctions of the obama administration and the rest of the world has imposed on iran is what has gotten iran to the point where the ayatollah wants to see if there can be a negotiation. he wants those sanctions lifted. he's going to do everything he can to try to charm the united states into having those sanctions lifted without having to give up his nuclear program. that will be the test. how far are we willing to go in order not to accommodate the...
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someone described as an obama administration official started a few weeks ago leaking information to the press that is clearly designed to make it seem like syria has crossed red lines that would require us to get involved in that war. the leaked information is designed to make it seem like syria is using chemical weapons. quote, the official warned if the u.s. does not react strongly to the use of chemical weapons in homes, assad may be emboldened. there is no real proof they're using chemical weapons. and the administration says that is not true. it's not happening. but someone inside the administration right now over the past few weeks has been trying to make it seem like there are wmds in syria and that syria is using them and we have to get into that war because of that. wmds, we got to go. sound familiar? the difference, of course this time, is it's the official line of the administration this time we should be cautious about the wmd intel. it's just the people lobbying to get us to go into the war who are calling it a slam dunk? the last time we went through this as a country,
someone described as an obama administration official started a few weeks ago leaking information to the press that is clearly designed to make it seem like syria has crossed red lines that would require us to get involved in that war. the leaked information is designed to make it seem like syria is using chemical weapons. quote, the official warned if the u.s. does not react strongly to the use of chemical weapons in homes, assad may be emboldened. there is no real proof they're using chemical...
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doesn't take kindly to the fact obama administration is using romney care. we'll discuss it with him. >> mark, stick around if you can. next, reverend al sharpton will be here regarding the shop and frisk policy at department stores in new york city. with the reporter who broke that story. you are watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. [ julian ] having a card that doesn't charge you foreign transaction fees saves me a ton of money. [ delavane ] we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. when i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. ♪ in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses
doesn't take kindly to the fact obama administration is using romney care. we'll discuss it with him. >> mark, stick around if you can. next, reverend al sharpton will be here regarding the shop and frisk policy at department stores in new york city. with the reporter who broke that story. you are watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority...
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the obama administration has officially granted a six week extension for shop towers sign up for coverage next year. they have until march 31st to do so. course correcting roll out of the obama care may be the least of the white house's problems. for years president obama has denied the affordable care act would change health coverage for millions of americans. in fact it's been a key component of the president's sales pitch to the public. >> if you like your health care plan, you keep your health care plan. these folks need to stop scaring everybody. nobody is going to force you to leave your health care plan. i don't want government bureaucrats meddling in your health care. if your employer provides you health insurance nobody is talking about messing with that. if you're one of the 250 million americans who already have health insurance you will keep your health insurance. >> time and again president obama saying if you like your health care plan you will keep your health care plan but a new nbc news report finds just the opposite is true for many americans. lisa, you discovered the wh
the obama administration has officially granted a six week extension for shop towers sign up for coverage next year. they have until march 31st to do so. course correcting roll out of the obama care may be the least of the white house's problems. for years president obama has denied the affordable care act would change health coverage for millions of americans. in fact it's been a key component of the president's sales pitch to the public. >> if you like your health care plan, you keep...
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snowden revelations, just keep rolling at the world and at the obama administration. i'm surprised there's not more push back because it's triggered a response by major nations, france, germany, even britain that's been our partner said it will work with the europeans for new rules. we'll come out of this with new rules that the nsa has to live with. somewhat more limited collection of these signals. the question we'll have to sort out does that put the country at any greater risk of attacks. does it take away any weapons that were important in defending the united states and our allies for that matter as we go to greater protection of civil liberties. >> does anybody around this table believe the nsa would tap the phone of one of america's most important allies, the cell phone of a wld leader like angela merkel. does anybody believe the president would be kept in the dark? >> i believe there's such -- >> it's one thing if you tap the phones -- >> i don't think the president was tapping merkel's phone. >> you don't think that the president knew -- >> he may have gotte
snowden revelations, just keep rolling at the world and at the obama administration. i'm surprised there's not more push back because it's triggered a response by major nations, france, germany, even britain that's been our partner said it will work with the europeans for new rules. we'll come out of this with new rules that the nsa has to live with. somewhat more limited collection of these signals. the question we'll have to sort out does that put the country at any greater risk of attacks....
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when the obama administration proposes a rating system for colleges so students and parents who are searching for colleges will figure out, can i get my money's worth it's controversial. that's where the argument is heading. how do you know if you are getting what you are paying for given the fact that the cost is so high. >> look at that number. >> you look at the numbers, 83% don't know what the emancipation proclamation ordered. 62% don't know the length of congressional terms. 43% don't know john roberts is chief justice. what are we teaching the kids? >> that's the interesting question. the debate over what kids need to know like that kind of information versus what i they need to know how to do. think analytically, quantitatively. work in team thes. are we teach ing skills or are we teaching information? what should the right balance be? this is a debate that's going on at every level. even as we are trying to figure out how to make college accessible and affordable to a larger population of students. >> we have seen the question asked by people in magazine s ad around the world. is the
when the obama administration proposes a rating system for colleges so students and parents who are searching for colleges will figure out, can i get my money's worth it's controversial. that's where the argument is heading. how do you know if you are getting what you are paying for given the fact that the cost is so high. >> look at that number. >> you look at the numbers, 83% don't know what the emancipation proclamation ordered. 62% don't know the length of congressional terms....
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just weeks ago, the obama administration tried unilaterally to sell limited military strikes to congress and the american people. but since then, assad's government has surprised international observers by acquiesing to global pressure led by russia to inventory and disclose locations of its stockpiles, a vote on the u.n. plan could come later today and chemical inspections could start as early as next week. >>> meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry met with his iranian counterpart, the highest-level meeting between the two countries since the 1970s, the tone was positive but cautious with both sides noting that historical obstacles remain to overcome. >> i think it was 1979, gene, that this happened. this has given all the criticism that the administration has received for having such a transparent process as it pertains to syria, my conclusion is, americans got what they wanted out of the syria situation. in terms of having a voice in it. but still the president received a lot of criticism for appearing to bumble on this. i mean this is important. this is a good step. >> this is imp
just weeks ago, the obama administration tried unilaterally to sell limited military strikes to congress and the american people. but since then, assad's government has surprised international observers by acquiesing to global pressure led by russia to inventory and disclose locations of its stockpiles, a vote on the u.n. plan could come later today and chemical inspections could start as early as next week. >>> meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry met with his iranian counterpart,...
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the administration is having difficulty. how do you deal with that ideal originically rigid element that seems intent on bringing it back to eliminate obama care. how do you deal with that internally within your party? >> i think we have to win the argument that republicans can be conservative and principaled, but we have to be smart and strategic. we have to be thinking about how are we going to position ourselves for the long game? lots of short games get played here in washington. the new cycle day to day, but the long game is winning elections. you have to position yourself in a way that attracted the american people. that's why i think that yes, we have voices here in washington, d.c. and we have people who are very conservative and very principaled about that and we have to be practical and smart and play the long game. that's the message i try to carry to my colleagues and hopefully we will prevail with that. >> after that brilliant mike barnacle -- >> that was very weird by the way. >> let's stipulate this. he's not
the administration is having difficulty. how do you deal with that ideal originically rigid element that seems intent on bringing it back to eliminate obama care. how do you deal with that internally within your party? >> i think we have to win the argument that republicans can be conservative and principaled, but we have to be smart and strategic. we have to be thinking about how are we going to position ourselves for the long game? lots of short games get played here in washington. the...
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president obama will meet with the nation's governors at the white house today after the administration rolled out new details over the weekend describing what impact the cuts will have across the country. according to the report, the effects include tens of thousands of lost jobs as well as fewer resources for education and the environment, but some republicans say the white house is more interested in scaring people than finding a solution. >> senator coburn, is the president exaggerating the impact of these cuts? >> absolutely. it's a terrible way to cut spending. i don't disagree with that. but to not cut 2.5% out of the total budget over a year when it's twice the size it was ten years ago, give me a break. >> in "politico," by the way, there were tons of opinion pieces over the weekend on this. we pulled out a few here that really captured the conversation about this. rich lowrie writes about the panic. >> when you have a brzezinski circling one of your columns, you might be making some good points. >> that doesn't mean i agree with it. >> he made some great points. you said i can
president obama will meet with the nation's governors at the white house today after the administration rolled out new details over the weekend describing what impact the cuts will have across the country. according to the report, the effects include tens of thousands of lost jobs as well as fewer resources for education and the environment, but some republicans say the white house is more interested in scaring people than finding a solution. >> senator coburn, is the president...